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85

Atari STAtari ST User

I can definitely see Harley Davidson appealing to all motorbike fans and pre-pubescent boys. The game has been beautifully presented with colourful and humorous graphics that move smoothly and convincingly through the play area.

Riding along the highway can become a mite tedious, but the attention to detail - especially on the biker's foot when changing gear - is impressive. If you want to cut up a few bikers without risking life and limb, Harley Davidson - The Road To Sturgis could be just the ticket. It's certainly one of the most original games this month.

Despite the roar of the bikes and the ZZ-Top style intro music, Harley Davidson isn't so heavy. It's really a light-hearted mixture of enjoyable sub-games linked by a road section which gets tedious with the long distances between towns. There are some nice touches though, like giving a girl a lift on the back of your bike and customising both your bike and your image – a pity then that these changes don't show up on the actual riding screens. Once you've tried all five events, however, there's little else to see apart from some disappointing single-screen party scenes.

The game kicks off well enough, with a ZZ Top sounding intro tune, but after only several hours' play did I reach Sturgis and got duly dubbed 'Ultimate Bike God'. Although not functionally better than the PC version, the Amiga graphics are more colourful and better-defined. Despite some improvements, Harley-Davidson: The Road to Sturgis still lacks long-term interest.